I’ve been recording my GPS co-ordinates in realtime for the past 12 months, and swiftly approaching my 2-millionth data point. At some point I’ll make the time to process it all.
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What software chap?
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Capture with: github.com/aaronpk/Overland-… It’s in the App Store if you have faith that version hasn’t been tampered with. Requires custom endpoint, which is my own Rails app that processes and persists to PG with PostGis extension.

GitHub - aaronpk/Overland-iOS: 📌 GPS logger for iOS devices

📌 GPS logger for iOS devices. Contribute to aaronpk/Overland-iOS development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
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This is the only app on my phone which is permitted location access “Always”.
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Does it mash the battery?
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Yes. But I’m always charging with a portable charger. Which I lost one night when I was smashed. Which I recovered the next day by re-tracing my path from my recorded coordinates. Which is poetic enough to all be worth it.
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Haha nice, what frequency is it recording?
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Customisable.
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But how often does it record points?
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Replying to @dabeeeenster @remotecto
iOS doesn't guarantee delivery of location info at any time interval, those buttons on the settings screen expose all the controls iOS gives. In practice, at highest resolution, it collects up to one per second if you're moving, but if you aren't moving it slows down.

Jan 3, 2019 · 9:49 PM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk @dabeeeenster
😅👆 What the author of the app said!...
Replying to @aaronpk @dabeeeenster
@aaronpk just seen your website. While the moving avatar is hilarious and pretty cool... does that seriously mean any website can access the gyroscope without requesting permission?
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Thanks! I didn't really think of it like that, but it's a JavaScript API to access the orientation of the device. caniuse.com/deviceorientatio…
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Replying to @aaronpk @remotecto
Ah ok interesting ta - I didn’t know that. Will try on Android - will no doubt obliterate battery performance.